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Poem by Edith Matilda Thomas


The Inverted Torch


Threading a darksome passage all alone,
The taper's flame, by envious current blown,
Crouched low, and eddied round, as in affright,
So challenged by the vast and hostile night,
Then down I held the taper; — swift and fain
Up climbed the lovely flower of light again!

Thou Kindler of the spark of life divine,
Be henceforth the Inverted Torch a sign
That, though the flame beloved thou dost depress,
Thou wilt not speed it into nothingness;
But out of nether gloom wilt reinspire,
And homeward lift the keen empyreal fire!



Edith Matilda Thomas


Edith Matilda Thomas's other poems:
  1. Two Child Angels
  2. Some Ladies of the Olden Time
  3. How Many
  4. Her Christmas Present
  5. Holly and Mistletoe


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